To Kill a Mockingbird : The 40th Anniversary Edition of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

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Summary: Sensitive, complex, gentle,caring, worthwhile, evolving.....
Review: In the scene where Atticus leaves the courtroom and the child ren are told to rise in their father's honor along with the black people, I tear up everytime. I find it to be a quiet memorial to his diligence in the name of justice, truth, honesty, dignity and the equality of all. It is a show of re spect for a man of immense honor and fairness. It is an act of quiet desperation in the face of overwhelming injustice, prejudice, racism and bigotry. It is all they can give to him but it speaks volumes. I share the novel each year with my 10th grade students and each year, they say, "I love this book". I am honored to be in the presence of students who perhaps for the first time in their lives "feel" the injustice and prejudice that far too many prople have been subjected to for numerous reasons. I also love the evolving maturity and love in the unusual Finch family. I see the family representing many feel ings that are unspoken in my students' eyes. Through the eyes of Scout and out of the mouth of a babe we see and hear about our educational and judical system. We see prejudice, love, family, neighborhood, life, death, mystery, uniqueness, kind ness, hatred, ignorance, mistrust. We feel the depth and breadth of emotion. It is a story worth telling, reading, dis cussing more than once. When Scout says "Heh, Boo." She sees inside of him. She sees the inner man and looks beyond the exterior delivering the message to all of us...."Heh, Boo.""

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Summary: Felt the feelings; sensed the sorrow; joined in the joys!
Review: One of the few books I've ever read and movies I've ever seen where I "experienced" the feelings, the emotions, the highs, and the lows for each and every character. I "lived" each person's life and enjoyed every minute of the time I shared with the To Kill a Mockingbird cast, both reading and watching

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Summary: A touching book reviewed in poem form.
Review: Tough lessons are learned By a young girl named Scout The prejudices churned She knew nothing about. Atticus, with morals as strong as can be Showed there are heroes That stick by their cause and never flee From the dangers of the enemies that he knows. Some ignorant people who hate Others for no reason at all Seal a young man's fate Which sucessfully does apaul The young Scout Finch Who now understands her society's fall.

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Summary: One of the best books in American literature.
Review: This is also the book that got ME started into an English degree. Not only do you see the world through the eyes of a young tomboy named Scout Finch, you hear other voices--such as Miss Maudie, the neighbor across the street who tells Scout how Southern people act (they aren't always polite). Other voices include Sheriff Heck Tate, Jem Finch, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell and Mr. Ewell, Mr. Cunningham, and the loud silence of one Boo Radley. All of them converge on one character: Atticus Finch, a character that transcends time. This is a well-written book, told through the dialect of a grown Southern woman looking back on her childhood. A MUST READ!

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Summary: Borrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg
Review: Well, at least it was in my own language. Otherwise, it sucked. It was the same old, same old plot. Maybe Lee originated it, but that doesn't matter. Once you have read one book like this one, you have read them all. A classic american piece of caca

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Summary: What a wonderful tale I've ever read in this planet!
Review: I could do both shedding tears and burst to laugh. It's a little bit different culture to grasp for Indonesian like me but mostly the tale are really representing the very nature of life itsel

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Summary: A story to make you cry
Review: Harper Lee tells the tale of a small Alabama county Maycomb. The narrator, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, tells all about the mysterious Radleys, and many others in the town. However, the main plot deals with racial injustice and the book makes your heart sag. However, you will never read a better book

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Summary: Lucid and engaging reading of Harper Lee's compelling novel.
Review: Sally Darling brings Harper Lee's tour de force of a young girl's encounter with the beauty and the ugliness of human nature to vibrant life. Scout Finch, the daughter of a southern lawyer, reflects upon her childhood years. In a series of engrossing events the tale of life in a small southern town unfolds. Never slow, the narrative moves swiftly from one action to another in highly fluid form. From the eyes of a little girl, the reader witnesses the unfolding of a series of events through which she is brought face to face with prejudice and bigotry. The forms that this prejudice takes are both subtle and obvious. Black and white, old and young, rich and poor, cultured and earthy, educated and ignorant, Scout encounters hatred and fear in almost all the people around her. Her world is shown in a series of expanding circles with herself in the center, her brother and friend next, her father and housekeeper next, then neighbors, teachers, schoolmates etc. in ever widening circles. Starting with the outermost people and working inward, the innermost hatreds of the human heart are revealed to her. As she awakens to more and more varieties of prejudice she seeks to separate herself from them. During the climax of the book, Scout is shown, for the first time, her own heart and the prejudice within. In a moving final narrative, she admits her own failing and awakens to true compassion and empathy. The narration by Sally Darling is perfectly in keeping with the spirit of the novel. In silky southern tones Ms. Darling brings the story to almost a visually compelling life. The novel introduces us to a variety of the townsfolk in a richness that makes us seem as though we ourselves live in that town, and Ms. Darling's insightful characterizations bring the people out in an almost tangible reality. The coupling of one of the most outstanding novels of our time with the animated and believable narration provides the listener with an unparalleled experience that only gets better with each listening. An unqualified triumph.

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Summary: The pinnacle of literature.
Review: This book is quite simply the sweetest, most perfect story ever written. At its core is a simple story, filled with honor and compassion, told through the wide, innocent eyes of a 6-year-old girl named Scout. If you only read one book in your life, this is the one.

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Summary: The best written books and by far the most touching I read.
Review: The book To Kill A Mockingbird guides us through the unbosomings of Scout and Jem's childhood. The book shows how man can be so hypocritic and cruel, how prejudice had hurt so many, how one brave man can go out of his way to help a fellow man. José Moreno Age 13